Blizzard issues World of Warcraft Trojan warning

World of Warcraft players are being warned of a Trojan,
which is being used to compromise accounts.

An official
post on the forums acknowledges the threat and states that even
if the player is using an authenticator (an additional layer of
security designed to prevent unauthorised access) their account
could be at risk.

"We've been receiving reports regarding a dangerous Trojan that
is being used to compromise player's accounts even if they are
using an authenticator for protection. The Trojan acts in real time
to do this by stealing both your account information and the
authenticator password at the time you enter them," the post
states.

The Trojan appears to come via an imitation version of the Curse
Client -- an add-on management application that can be used for
World of Warcraft. It seems the fake client was shown as
an advertised link on search pages leading to some users
downloading the alternate version instead of the real one.